It may have been announced in 2012 however this is not the relevant point I am raising.
We have many wholesale suppliers who provide us mostly lower resolution (professionally taken) shots via their website, or we get them from the supplier directly. They are perfectly good images and the suppliers themselves use. We most likely can get hold of of a better resolution however it creates an admin headache going backwared and forwards to various suppliers all the time and requesting specific size & pixel etc. Not everyone we deal with has tthe time to focus on this. The fact remains that our current lower res images are perfectly adequate - very sharp, crisp and clear. And they sell products on ebay!
If a supplier is unable to provide a better resolution, which can happen in some cases, then it is going to force us to pay considerable money to arrange our own photo shoots. Not all photos can be taken with the family camera! Many need to be professionally set up with the correct lighting etc.
Regardless of when ebay notified this change, they are still trying to rule the lives of their customers and bring in unneccessary changes. Over the top!
